For restaurateur Patricia Reagan, the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene started like any other day."I woke up this morning saying, 'Oh my God, I have a thousand things to do," Reagan said. She didn't have enough time to dwell on the date. The Dots Restaurant owner is instead focused on putting the finishing touches on her beloved eatery in Wilmington, Vt."The equipment's due in a couple of weeks. They're painting and building the cabinets now for the counter," said Reagan.Dots hasn't been able to serve customers for two years now after flash flooding during Irene pummeled the building. The damage was so bad that the Reagans had to start from scratch."We really literally all had to build it up from the ground up and even the old part of the building we were able to save was in rough shape," said Reagan.The shell of the building has been up and taunting hungry residents for months now."Me and my son come here often for banana nut french toast, my favorite," said Sean Eckert, a Wilmington resident.Caution tape reminds him and others, that it will be a little longer before Dots is ready. The building doesn't even have front steps yet."People are like, 'Oh what's taking so long?' Well you know, it's a big complicated job," said Reagan.A grand opening is still at least a month a way -- which is why Reagan doesn't feel like celebrating Irene's anniversary."I think a lot of what happened is really being lost. Unless you're still living it, like we are," she said.Her husband, also a Dot's owner, estimated the total cost of rebuilding Dots will total just shy of $1 million.

WILMINGTON, Vt. —

For restaurateur Patricia Reagan, the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene started like any other day.

"I woke up this morning saying, 'Oh my God, I have a thousand things to do," Reagan said. She didn't have enough time to dwell on the date. The Dots Restaurant owner is instead focused on putting the finishing touches on her beloved eatery in Wilmington, Vt.